The Barbara Walters Oscar Special

Actress Jennifer Lawrence is calling for the word "fat" to be banned from TV, because she insists it is as damaging to young generations as cigarettes and profanities. The Hunger Games star believes the term amounts to a form of bullying and claims it is thrown around too loosely in the press, so she is urging TV broadcasting officials to take a stand.
In an interview for the upcoming TV special Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2013, she says, "Why is humiliating people funny? I get it, and, and I do it too, we all do it. (But) the media needs to take responsibility for the affect that it has on our younger generation, on these girls who are watching these television shows, and picking up how to talk and how to be cool...
"And the word fat, I just think it should be illegal to call somebody fat on TV. I mean, if we're regulating cigarettes and sex and cuss words, because of the affect they have on our younger generation, why aren't we regulating things like calling people fat?"
The full interview airs in the U.S. on Wednesday (18Dec13), but it's not the first time Lawrence has spoken out about the issue.
Last month (Nov13), she criticised catty comedienne Joan Rivers for judging celebrities based on their appearance on her reality show Fashion Police, claiming the idea of the programme teaches youths the "wrong values".
Lawrence said, "There are shows like the Fashion Police that are just showing these generations of young people to judge people based on all the wrong values and that it's OK to point at people and call them ugly or fat. We have to stop treating each other like that and stop calling each other fat."
Rivers subsequently hit back at the comment via Twitter.com, accusing the Oscar winner of "arrogance".

It was the trickle of pee heard around the world. Cannes attendees were aghast and/or amused an infamous scene from The Paperboy that shows Nicole Kidman urinating on Zac Efron; this is apparently a great salve for jellyfish burns which were covering our Ken Doll-like protagonist. (In fact the term protagonist should be used very loosely for Efron's character Jack who is mostly acted upon than active throughout.)
Lurid! Sexy! Perverse! Trashy! Whether or not it's actually effective is overshadowed by all the hubbub that's attached itself to the movie for better or worse. In fact the movie is all of these things — but that's actually not a compliment. What could have become somethingmemorable is jaw-droppingly bad (when it's not hilarious). Director Lee Daniels uses a few different visual styles throughout from a stark black and white palette for a crime scene recreation at the beginning to a '70s porno aesthetic that oscillates between psychedelic and straight-up sweaty with an emphasis on Efron's tighty-whiteys. This only enhances the sloppiness of the script which uses lines like narrator/housekeeper/nanny Anita's (Macy Gray) "You ain't tired enough to be retired " to conjure up the down-home wisdom of the South. Despite Gray's musical talents she is not a good choice for a narrator or an actor for that matter. In a way — insofar as they're perhaps the only female characters given a chunk of screen time — her foil is Charlotte Bless Nicole Kidman's character. Anita is the mother figure who wears as we see in an early scene control-top pantyhose whereas Charlotte is all clam diggers and Barbie doll make-up. Or as Anita puts it "an oversexed Barbie doll."
The slapdash plot is that Jack's older brother Ward (Matthew McConaughey) comes back to town with his colleague Yardley (David Oyelowo) to investigate the case of a death row criminal named Hillary Van Wetter. Yardley is black and British which seems to confuse many of the people he meets in this backwoods town. Hillary (John Cusack) hidden under a mop of greasy black hair) is a slack-jawed yokel who could care less if he's going to be killed for a crime he might or might not have committed. He is way more interested in his bride-to-be Charlotte who has fallen in love with him through letters — this is her thing apparently writing letters and falling in love with inmates — and has rushed to help Ward and Yardley free her man. In the meantime we're subjected to at least one simulated sex scene that will haunt your dreams forever. Besides Hillary's shortcomings as a character that could rustle up any sort of empathy the case itself is so boring it begs the question why a respected journalist would be interested enough to pursue it.
The rest of the movie is filled with longing an attempt to place any the story in some sort of social context via class and race even more Zac Efron's underwear sexual violence alligator innards swamp people in comically ramshackle homes and a glimpse of one glistening McConaughey 'tock. Harmony Korine called and he wants his Gummo back.
It's probably tantalizing for this cast to take on "serious" "edgy" work by an Oscar-nominated director. Cusack ditched his boombox blasting "In Your Eyes" long ago and Efron's been trying to shed his squeaky clean image for so long that he finally dropped a condom on the red carpet for The Lorax so we'd know he's not smooth like a Ken doll despite how he was filmed by Daniels. On the other hand Nicole Kidman has been making interesting and varied career choices for years so it's confounding why she'd be interested in a one-dimensional character like Charlotte. McConaughey's on a roll and like the rest of the cast he's got plenty of interesting projects worth watching so this probably won't slow him down. Even Daniels is already shooting a new film The Butler as we can see from Oprah's dazzling Instagram feed. It's as if they all want to put The Paperboy behind them as soon as possible. It's hard to blame them.

Top Story: Courteney Cox and David Arquette Expecting
Friends star Courteney Cox, who has spoken openly about having difficulty conceiving, is expecting her first child with actor husband David Arquette, Reuters reports. Cox's publicist said Tuesday the 39-year-old actress is expecting a baby but gave no other details. Cox's pregnancy conveniently coincides with the 10th and final season of Friends, as her character Monica and onscreen husband Chandler (played by Matthew Perry) are having difficulty conceiving and are looking into adoption. Cox told Barbara Walters in an interview for ABC's 20/20 in October that she has had "many miscarriages" but that she and Arquette were still trying with in vitro fertilization. At the time, Cox and Arquette, who were married in 1999, said they'd consider adopting a child, but she added, "I do want his genes, and I would try probably a surrogate before that ... but then, absolutely, adoption."
Hatfield's Death Caused by Cocaine
According to the official autopsy report, Righteous Brothers singer Bobby Hatfield's death last November was caused by cocaine and not just heart failure. Hatfield, 63, died Nov. 5 just hours before a Righteous Brothers concert. According to the AP, chief medical examiner for Kalamazoo County Dr. Richard Tooker told the Kalamazoo Gazette Tuesday that Hatfield's death was triggered by acute cocaine intoxication. "This is a shock to me," his partner Bill Medley told The Orange County Register from his home in Newport Beach, Calif. "I never saw him (use cocaine). I knew absolutely nothing about it. If I had known, I would have said something to him."
Croc Hunter Still in Running for Australian of the Year
Steve Irwin, the host of the TV wildlife program Crocodile Hunter, remains in the running for Australian of the Year despite a rash of criticism over his feeding of a 13-foot crocodile while holding his one-month-old son. According to The Associated Press, Queensland Premier Peter Beattie said Tuesday he wouldn't retract Irwin's nomination for the top national award, adding: "He has been one of the best ambassadors for Queensland in the modern era. He is known internationally." The Australian of the Year award is decided by the Australia Day Council, a non-governmental citizens group that promotes celebrations for the country's national day Jan. 26.
No Babies for Jessica Simpson--but Maybe a Dog
Singer-turned-reality star Jessica Simpson, who is married to singer Nick Lachey, is in no hurry to become a mother. Simpson, 23, told People magazine in its Jan. 12 issue that she is not even sure she would want her pregnancy chronicled on her hit MTV reality show Newlyweds: Nick &amp; Jessica. "Brandy did that, but I see our show just being the `Newlyweds,'" she tells the magazine. "I don't think I am going to get pregnant. I am trying not to. But we might get a dog."
Shriver and NBC To Discuss Dateline
NBC News president Neal Shapiro is denying a New York Daily News report that the network asked California first lady Maria Shriver to resign over concerns about maintaining a reporter's objectivity while involved in the administration of her husband, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. But according to the AP, Shapiro is expected to meet with Shriver next week in California about an extended leave from her Dateline NBC job. Shriver, who took a leave last August to work on Schwarzenegger's campaign, has since made two appearances as an anchor on the newsmagazine program, but has reported no stories.
Jackson Special Fails To Crack Top 10
CBS and ABC dominated the Top 10 in primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Dec. 29-Jan. 4. Conspicuously absent from the list, however, is CBS' Michael Jackson special, Number Ones, which came in 26th for the week with only 10.5 million viewers. The Top 10 shows were: AFC/NFC Showcase, ABC (25.1 million viewers); NFL Playoff: Dallas at Carolina, ABC (24.7 million viewers); Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma vs. LSU, ABC (23.9 million viewers); AFC Wildcard Postgame Show, CBS (19.1 million viewers); Rose Bowl Postgame Show, ABC (17.9 million viewers); Sugar Bowl Pregame Show, ABC (17.4 million viewers); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS (16.2 million viewers); 60 Minutes, CBS (15.8 million viewers); Everybody Loves Raymond, CBS (15.1 million viewers); CSI: Miami, CBS (15.1 million viewers).
Duvall Says Money Was Issue With Godfather III
In an interview to air Wednesday on CBS' 60 Minutes II, actor Robert Duvall says money was the reason he didn't appear in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, Part III. "If they paid (Al) Pacino twice what they paid me, that's fine, but not three or four times, which is what they did," Duvall, 73, tells 60 Minutes II correspondent Charlie Rose. Duvall, who starred in 1974's The Godfather, Part II, was nominated for a Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Tom Hagen in 1972's The Godfather.
Celine Dion Gets Hollywood Star
Celine Dion received a star Tuesday on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of the Kodak Theater. The 35-year-old French-Canadian singer broke down in tears before nearly 1,000 fans as she thanked her late father for being her "No. 1 fan" during a ceremony. Her father, Adhemar Dion, died late last year at the age of 80 after a lengthy illness. "How often do natural blondes from Quebec make it big in Hollywood?" Tonight Show host Jay Leno joked in introducing Dion, who thanked the comedian for inviting her to perform on his show 13 years ago, giving her a big break on American TV.

Top Story: Britney's No Virgin
Britney Spears is no longer a virgin, despite her oath she would remain one until marriage. In an upcoming interview in the August issue of W magazine, the pop princess confessed she had sex with her former boyfriend, singer Justin Timberlake, because she believed she'd marry him someday. "I've only slept with one person my whole life," she said in the interview. "It was two years into my relationship with Justin, and I thought he was the one. But I was wrong!" Spears continued, "The most painful thing I have ever experienced was that breakup. We were together so long and I had this vision. You think you're going to spend the rest of your life together. Where I come from, the woman is the homemaker, and that's how I was brought up--you cook for your kids. But now I realize I need my single time."
Jolie Talks About Sex, Self-Mutilation
Angelina Jolie is admitting she's done some pretty wild things in her past but has since changed her ways. In an interview with Barbara Walters set to air Friday on ABC's 20/20, the Oscar-winning actress talked about her brief but passionate marriage to ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton as well as her past fascination with knives and self-mutilation, Reuters reports. Describing her relationship with Thornton, Jolie said, "We're not friends, no. It's like we just changed." Jolie added she has been transformed by motherhood after adopting a Cambodian-born boy last year. "I think when you make a decision to have a child, you cannot think about suicide again and you can't be self-destructive." The interview will air Friday on ABC's 20/20.
Blake's Lawyer Wants New Witness's Testimony
Robert Blake's lawyer Thomas Mesereau Jr. has asked for a special pretrial session to question a new witness, Diane Mattson, in the murder case against Blake, The Associated Press reports. Mattson claims she overheard Christian Brando--the son of actor Marlon Brando, who had had a relationship with Blake's wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, before her shooting death in May 2001--tell two stuntmen that Bakely should be shot "in the head." Mesereau Jr. told AP Mattson is "scared to death" of Brando, fearing for her life, and wants to preserve her testimony now to discourage anyone from causing her injury or trying to prevent her from testifying at the trial, AP reports. A hearing to determine the urgency of this testimony has been set for Thursday. An official trial date has not been determined.
Angels Nonchalant About Box Office Numbers
Although their new film Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle hasn't met up to expectations at the U.S. box office, having taken in only $67 million in over two weeks, money apparently doesn't matter to stars Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore. On the film's press tour in Europe, the three best pals agreed Tuesday they didn't really care how much the film made, just so long as they were able to make the movie together, Reuters reports. "It doesn't mean anything to us," Diaz said in an interview with journalists in Berlin. "I'm not interested in breaking records." Full Throttle's debut weekend brought in $38 million, just below its predecessor Charlie's Angels, which opened in 2000 with $40 million.
Former Stripper Sues Stripperella Creators
An ex-stripper from Florida is suing over new TNN animated series Stripperella, about a tough lady who strips for a living but moonlights as a superhero, claiming she was the one who came up with the original idea, AP reports. Named in the suit are actress Pamela Anderson, the voice of the character; comic legend and Stripperella creator Stan Lee and TNN. Janet Clover, 37, claims she came up with the idea during a private dance session with Lee a year ago. "I'm just trying to get this off TV because it's not his idea," Clover told The Daytona Beach News-Journal. "I can't remember much about Mr. Lee, little bits and pieces come back. You know, I meet a lot of men."
Role Call: Zellweger and Crowe in Cinderella Story, Malkovich Is Found in the Street
Renee Zellweger and Russell Crowe are set to star in Ron Howard's Cinderella Man for Miramax Films and Universal Pictures. Variety reports Crowe will play Jim Braddock, the Depression-era boxer who became a folk hero by winning a brutal 15-round match against heavyweight champion Max Baer in 1935. Zellweger will play Braddock's wife…John Malkovich's production company, Mr. Mudd, has taken on the film project Found in the Street, based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the indie film will be a psychological suspense thriller about a chance encounter between several people in New York's Greenwich Village, including a middle-aged security guard, an artist, his bisexual wife and a lesbian waitress/model. A series of events leads to murder and blame.

As the U.S. officially declared war on Iraq Wednesday night, the showbiz industry continued to scale back the Academy Awards festivities scheduled for Sunday.
Barbara Walters, whose interviews with Oscar nominees Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore and Renee Zellweger were set to air Sunday during an annual ABC special tied to the Oscar telecast, said in a joint statement with ABC, "With such serious issues facing the nation, it is the right decision to postpone the special." No new airdate is set, Variety reports.
The advent of war has also left some celebrities waffling on whether they will attend the Oscars at all, according to Variety. In the first of what may be many similar decisions, actor Will Smith will not be attending the awards ceremony.
"He felt uncomfortable in attending and respectfully asked to be excused," Smith's publicist Stan Rosenfield told Variety. "There's no agenda, there's no speeches. He just felt uncomfortable in attending."
In addition, many designers, whose fashions will be barely seen with the lack of red carpet and after-party glitz, have cancelled their plans to attend, including Giorgio Armani and Donatella Versace, Variety reports.
At least one event, however, will be unaltered this weekend--the Independent Spirit Awards, which take place Saturday and will have an arrival area.
Executive director Dawn Hudson told Variety, "It is our feeling that our ceremonies, and the arrivals that precede it, have always had a different tone than other events. The Spirit Awards have always been a place where artists come together and speak their minds. It is our hope that Saturday's ceremonies will provide both this type of forum as well as focus on independent film."

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A steady stream of high-profile visitors, including Anthony Hopkins, Quincy Jones, Mort Sahl, Diane Sawyer and Barbara Walters, have come to visit actor Robert Blake in prison. According to Reuters, the celebs have come to chat with Blake, who has been held without bail since April 18 in the murder of his wife, Bonnie Lee Bakley, through interconnected telephones across bulletproof glass in the visiting room of the Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles. But Blake's friend Dale Olson, a retired publicist, said that the Baretta star is not getting any special treatment. Blake is allowed only a half-hour for visits on Thursdays and Saturdays, but requests for visits are growing. "He's booked up through the middle of September," Olson told Reuters.
Celebs
Oscar winner Charlton Heston, who announced earlier this month that he has symptoms consistent with Alzheimer's disease, said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times Sunday edition he has no plans to retire. Heston, the president of the National Rifle Association since 1998, talked about the animated version of Ben-Hur, which is due out next spring. Heston, 77, will deliver the film's introduction, narrate the story and provide the voice for the title role.
Actor Danny Glover has been honored by the Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Association Fund for his efforts to combat AIDS in Africa, The Associated Press reports. Glover accepted the award at the Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, Ala., on Thursday. The 55-year-old Lethal Weapon star said he was honored to receive the award because his grandparents were Georgia farmers.
Keiko, the killer whale star of Free Willy, is swimming free. The orca was flown to Iceland in 1998 with hopes that he could eventually be returned to the wild in the North Atlantic Ocean, where he was captured. He was escorted out to sea July 8, and satellite data found Keiko more than 250 miles from Iceland. Although he is free, Keiko could still return to his pen, and keepers could lead him there if it appears he needs help, the AP reports.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson will sponsor nine new episodes of the PBS drama American Family, the AP reports. The award-winning series chronicles the events of a Hispanic family in Los Angeles. Johnson &amp; Johnson has been the sole corporate underwriter of the series.
There is no truth to the story that appeared in the Aug. 15 edition of the New Times Los Angeles, which claimed NBC was about to sign a deal for a new reality series hosted by Tamara Brooks and Jackie Marris, the two California teens who appeared on national news after being abducted and raped earlier this month. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the story, written in a straightforward news style, was intended as a satire of TV news and its extensive coverage of the Brooks/Marris case. NBC denied there was any truth to the story after receiving several inquiries from reporters who saw a link to it on the Drudge Report.
Music
California recording artists have lost their yearlong bid to cap their recording contracts at seven years. According to the AP, Sen. Kevin Murray, a former music agent, withdrew the bill on the verge of a state hearing last week because the idea lacked the votes to pass. Singer and Eagles drummer Don Henley said in a statement, "After months of negotiations on the seven-year issue, the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) and the recording artists were at an impasse on several major points." Record industry officials maintain they must hold their successful acts to long-term recording contracts to cover losses on the majority of acts that fail.
Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi filed a lawsuit Friday against a bar for allegedly playing their music without a license, the AP reports. The rockers, members of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, say the Bridgeville, Pa., club RPM's isn't allowed to play music by ASCAP members without paying the annual $2,818 fee. The suit seeks $750 to $30,000 in damages and a permanent ban on the club's use of ASCAP music.

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Will Barbara Walters manage to make Tom Cruise cry? We'll see when the veteran newswoman airs her 21st annual pre-Academy Awards show on ABC March 24. She'll be talking to Cruise, Monster's Ball Best Actress nominee Halle Berry and Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker. The special will air at 7 p.m. EST and will play immediately after the Oscars on the west coast.
In more Cruise news, the charismatic star has signed on to play a colonel in The Last Samurai. In the story, his character assists 19th-century Japanese samurai in new fighting techniques. Edward Zwick (Legends of the Fall) will be directing.
In General
In the season finale of NBC's Friends, Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) will give birth in a rather long and drawn-out labor--it's a guarantee, say show creators Kevin Bright and Marta Kaufmann. She won't die in childbirth, however, despite a recent tabloid report. Bright told Reuters, "This year, we know Rachel is going to have a baby," and Kaufmann quickly added, "And she's not dying in childbirth." Whew, that's a relief!
Musician Bob Dylan is making his way to the big screen for the first time in 15 years, starring in a film tentatively titled Masked and Anonymous for Intermedia Films. The 60-year-old will play Jack Fate, a "wandering troubadour who is brought out of prison by his former manager for one last concert," Variety reported. It'll be a stretch for him, but we have every confidence he can pull it off.
After the California Supreme Court overturned the "Son of Sam" law last week, allowing convicted criminals to sell their life stories to the media, Hollywood Reporter reported that Showtime was given the go-ahead to start production on Stealing Sinatra. The cable film, which will star David Arquette, William H. Macy and Thomas Ian Nicholas, is based on kidnapper Barry Keenan's account of the 1963 kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr. It may also get a theatrical release before it premieres on Showtime.
Late Night talk show host Conan O'Brien should be feeling the love now. His contract with NBC has been extended for four more years, which will give O'Brien nearly $8 million a year. O'Brien, who decided to stay with NBC after being approached by Fox, said in a statement, "I'm very excited to be staying at NBC. By my 13th year, we should really know if this thing works or not."
Cynthia Nixon, the winsome actress who plays cynical lawyer Miranda Hobbes on HBO's Sex and the City, is speaking up to get more funds allocated toward New York public schools. The New York Gov. George Pataki and his administration is appealing a landmark 2001 state court decision that ordered the state to spend more than $1 billion more on New York City schools, the Associated Press reported. "If Miranda were real, I would try to persuade her to send her son to a public school because I believe in them," Nixon told AP in Albany on Tuesday, as she lobbied state legislature.
NBC wins the gold with the Winter Olympics. The peacock network came in first place in both total viewers and the coveted 18-49 demographic, winning the Nielsen race for all 17 nights of the Olympics. Fox and CBS shared second place in the 18-49 demographic, and CBS also took second in total viewership.
Bond has a new TV home. TNN, CBS and UPN--all owned by Viacom, Inc.--have joined forces to buy the exclusive two-year television rights to the first 15 James Bond films from MGM. The approximately $30 million pact was made after the titles became available when both ABC and TBS declined to renew their deals for the Bond flicks.
Hip-hop star Lil' Romeo will star in the film Shorty, produced by his father, Master P, about a diminutive alien who lands on Earth and becomes a rapping, hip-hopping partner with a 12-year-old (Lil' Romeo). They try and enter a MTV talent contest. You watch, it'll probably make a lot of money at the box office.

They are some of the most-asked questions at donut shops around the world: (1) Who will go home with Oscar?; (2) What new and probing insights will the most important social commentators of our time, Joan and Melissa Rivers, have to say about the nominees' clothes? (3) Why is a babe like Catherine Zeta-Jones hanging around with that old guy? And, (4) What is Ricky Martin's sexual orientation, and how does it affect us?
Ricky Martin At least some of those questions -- and more -- will be answered this week on TV. And just so you don't have to sit through all of it just to find out about the really important stuff, here's a handy little guide:
-- Live from the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium, it's the 72nd Annual Academy Awards (8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST, Sunday, ABC)! In case you haven't heard of this show, it's kind of like the Golden Globes. What to watch for? How will Robin Williams perform the expletive-laden Best Song nominee "Blame Canada" (from "South Park: Bigger, Longer &amp; Uncut")? Our prediction? We predict that we will go to a party and drink too much champagne so we won't notice how incredibly long this show is.
-- The annual Oscar night "Barbara Walters Special" (7 p.m. EST; immediately after the Academy Awards on the West Coast, Sunday, ABC) looks to be a good one this year. Interviewees Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are expecting, Mike Myers is a very funny man and Ricky Martin actually requested that Walters bring up the much-talked-about issue of "Is he or isn't he?" Our prediction? We will still be at a party drinking champagne and will probably get pretty upset at the whole Catherine Zeta-Jones issue because we really think we would have had a chance if it weren't for Michael Douglas.
-- If it's wacky Oscar-related commentary you're looking for, check out E!'s live pre-show coverage starting at 6 p.m. EST/3 p.m. PST, and featuring the ever-catty Joan and Melissa Rivers standing outside the Shrine and judging people by their covers like mean-spirited high school cheerleaders. Joan looks absolutely fabulous, by the way. Also on Oscar night, ABC unspools the "Politically Incorrect After-Party" at 12:05 a.m. EST/PST. Host Bill Maher will surely have a few choice words to say about some of the goings-on at the ceremony. Our prediction? We will have come to our senses, wished the Douglas family well and cried ourselves to sleep by this time.
-- Jennifer Love Hewitt is quite charming in the title role of "The Audrey Hepburn Story" (8 p.m. EST/PST, Monday, ABC). The made-for-TV movie is as light and breezy as its subject always seemed to be. Nothing groundbreaking or shocking here, but it's always so easy to like Audrey Hepburn, and this movie keeps the feeling going. All in all, not a bad night in front of the tube.
-- ABC has another mid-season replacement worth checking out when "Wonderland" premieres Thursday at 10 p.m. EST/PST. Created by actor Peter Berg, formerly Dr. Billy Kronk on CBS' "Chicago Hope," "Wonderland" is a brooding drama that's just a little different from the more-familiar police precincts and emergency rooms we're so used to seeing on TV. Martin Donovan and Michelle Forbes head a strong ensemble cast as husband and wife doctors in a New York City hospital's psychiatric ward. Our prediction? The show has drawn a tough slot, opposite NBC's "ER," but there might just be room for this one.